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Vol. 69 October 2015 (5776) No. 2 Worship Services (also see calendar on p. 2) he abbi s olumn Fridays* T R ’ C Oct. 2 5:30 p.m. Tot Shabbat Service 6:30 p.m.* Shabbat with Jr. Choir Sometimes it seems that someone tilted the calendar and all of the Jewish holidays that were not nailed down slid into one corner. There is Oct. 9 7:00 p.m.* Shabbat Eve Service a tradition that when you return home at the end of Yom Kippur, before Oct. 16 5:30 p.m. Tot Shabbat Service you go to bed, you should start building your sukkah. You don’t have to 7:00 p.m.* Shabbat Eve Service build the whole thing. You can do one small thing—put out a hammer, Oct. 23 7:00 p.m.* Shabbat Eve Service move one piece of the sukkah closer to the door—but you are supposed to Oct. 30 7:00 p.m.* Shabbat Eve Service do something. This links the holidays together, and perhaps it is meant to counter the all-too-common feeling: “What? More Jewish stuff?” *Note change of times for Shabbat Eve Services. When I was a kid, autumn meant starting school and Halloween. I loved the fall, partly because of the new books and pencils I would get, and partly Saturdays because of the dilapidated style of Halloween decorating that I would Oct. 3 10:30 a.m. Shabbat Morning Service someday recognize as being connected to the Japanese concept of sabi. Sabi is finding the beautiful in something that is falling apart, that is a bit Oct. 10 10:30 a.m. Shabbat Morning Service ramshackle. This idea also appears in the holiday of Sukkot. Oct. 17 10:30 a.m. Shabbat Morning Service Although some sukkahs are big and beautiful, the basic point of a sukkah Oct. 24 10:30 a.m. Shabbat Morning Service is that it is temporary, and it will not protect you from the elements. The Oct. 31 10:30 a.m. Shabbat Morning Service sukkah at Riverdale Temple may be very solid, but the one I had in Baton Rouge fell down more years than it didn’t. Autumn is beautiful, but it is tinged with sadness as the year comes to an end. We think about time passing. The Jewish holidays speak of new beginnings, but also of endings. But I still love autumn, and even more now that I am in Riverdale. It was such a wonderful feeling to see so many Jewish people over all these holidays, both in the temple and elsewhere. When I passed someone in the streets who greeted me with Gut Yontiv, Shanah Tovah, Gmar Tov, Chag Sameach, any of the Jewish greetings of the season, that made me very happy. When I saw the sukkahs being built in my neighborhood, that also made me happy. And when I saw so many people at Riverdale Temple for the holidays, that also made me happy. Although the leaves die and fall to the ground, although the days get shorter and nights longer, we are reminded that it is part of a cycle. The flowers will bloom again, there will be new life. And although we Jews have gone through many difficult times, the signs of the holidays remind us of the rich and vibrant Jewish community here in Riverdale. YIVO Event: “American Jewish Identity in the Traditions old and new bring life to Judaism. The fact that Orthodox, 21st Century,” October 18 (see p. 9) Conservative, and Reform Jews can share holiday wishes is, to me, a very

continued on p. 3 1 Riverdale Temple Bulletin Sunday Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday Saturday 18 Tishri 5776 19 Tishri 5776 20 Tishri 5776 Sukkot 4 Sukkot 5 Sukkot 6 (CH’’M) 7:30 pm Membership 5:30 pm Tot 10:30 am Shabbat Committee Meeting Shabbat Morning Service with 6:30 pm Shabbat Torah discussion Eve Service with 12:30 pm WRJ Lunch 1 Junior Choir 2 in the Sukkah 3 21 Tishri 5776 22 Tishri 5776 23 Tishri 5776 24 Tishri 5776 25 Tishri 5776 26 Tishri 5776 27 Tishri 5776 Sukkot 7 Shemini Atzeret Simchat Torah Nursery School Nursery School Nursery School Parashat Bereshit 9:30 am Religious School No Nursery No Nursery School 7:30 pm Executive 7:00 pm Shabbat 10:30 am Shabbat 11:30 am Junior Choir School 7:30 pm WRJ Meeting Committee Meeting Eve Service Morning Service with October 2015 Rehearsal 10:00 am Shemini with Speaker Torah discussion Atzeret Service with Yizkor 6:15 pm Consecra- tion and B’nei Mitzvah Blessings, followed by Simchat Torah Service at 6:30 pm 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 28 Tishri 5775 29 Tishri 5776 30 Tishri 5776 1 Heshvan 5776 2 Heshvan 5776 3 Heshvan 5776 4 Heshvan 5776 9:30 am Religious School Columbus Day Nursery School Nursery School Nursery School Nursery School Parashat Noach 10:30 am Men’s Club No Nursery 4:00 pm First day of 7:30 pm Board of 5:30 pm Tot 10:30 am Shabbat meeting School Hebrew School Trustees Meeting Shabbat, Morning Service with 11:30 am Junior Choir Building closed followed by Torah discussion Rehearsal potluck dinner 7:00 pm Shabbat 11 12 13 14 15 Eve Service 16 17

5 Heshvan 5776 6 Heshvan 5776 7 Heshvan 5776 8 Heshvan 5776 9 Heshvan 5776 10 Heshvan 5776 11 Heshvan 5776 9:30 am Religious School Nursery School Nursery School Nursery School Nursery School Nursery School Parashat Lech-Lecha 11:30 am Junior Choir 4:00 pm Hebrew School No UPK classes 7:00 pm Shabbat 10:30 am Shabbat Rehearsal Eve Service Morning Service with 2:00 pm YIVO Event Torah discussion Chavurah follows 18 19 20 21 22 23 Kiddush 24 12 Heshvan 5776 13 Heshvan 5776 14 Heshvan 5776 15 Heshvan 5776 16 Heshvan 5776 17 Heshvan 5776 18 Heshvan 5776 9:30 am Religious School Nursery School Nursery School Nursery School Nursery School Nursery School Parashat Vayera 10:30 am Social Action 4:00 pm Hebrew School 7:00 pm Shabbat 10:30 am Morning Committee Meeting; 7:30 pm WRJ Book Club Eve Service Service with Torah KRMH Pantry deliveries Meeting discussion 11:30 am Junior Choir Rehearsal 2:30 pm Sinfonietta of Riverdale 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 encouraging sign. All Jews want a Judaism that is vibrant and me that Judaism will, at the very least, be here next year. They tell thriving. It is what cares for us and protects us when other things me that despite everything, we are headed in the proper direction. are falling apart. —Rabbi Tom Gardner I often wonder where Judaism will be in fifty years, in two hundred years, in five hundred years. The holidays of the fall tell

Shemini Atzeret, including Yizkor Monday, October 5, at 10:00 a.m. -.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-. Consecration and B’nei Mitzvah Blessings Monday, October 5, at 6:15 p.m. Simchat Torah Service Monday, October 5, at 6:30 p.m.

The President’s Column

Dear Members of Riverdale Temple: echoes many of the sentiments I feel as Riverdale Temple embarks I want to wish all of you a happy and prosperous New Year. May on another new year. I direct your attention to Steve Rosenfeld’s column on p. 7, which —Rachel Radna, President

Yom Kippur Food Deliverers

From left to right, front: Fay Statsky, Phil Clarke, Jeremy Sklar, Jennifer Sklar, Rochelle Greenfield, Scott Serkin; rear: David Greenfield, Tom Krim. –Photo by Helen Krim, who also participated, along with Jeff Sklar, not pictured.

3 Riverdale Temple Bulletin Extended Kiddush We have an extended kiddush each week following Shabbat morning services. The temple provides bagels and cream cheese. People are encouraged to bring side dishes to the table to enhance the kiddush. You might want to honor a birthday, an anniversary, commemorate a yahrzeit, or just show off your culinary talent (or shopping ability). You could also make a donation to the Extended Kiddush fund. Call the office to let them know if you will be contributing to the Kiddush so we can plan properly. Thank you in advance for your participation!

Riverdale Temple’s sukkah

Volunteers Needed for the Library at Riverdale Temple As many of you know, I am doing research to write a book on the development of the Purimspiel in the United States. In the process, I discovered that the Riverdale Temple library is an astonishingly good resource, with everything from scholarly tomes in Hebrew to children’s books about Judaism. Unfortunately, the library has been neglected in recent times. Books are misshelved, and the catalogue is probably not up to date. I am looking for volunteers to put the facility back in order. If you are interested in this volunteer opportunity, please contact me, Helen Krim, at [email protected].

An Opportunity to Share! Perhaps you want to honor a birthday, an anniversary, commemorate a yahrzeit, or share Shabbat with our congregation! Call the office at 718-548-3800, ext. 0, and leave a message for Irene Brenner.

Riverdale Temple’s Annual New Please donate NEW pajamas and NEW Pajama and New Book Drive books. See p. 8 for details. (from October 15 to November Bring a little warmth and happiness to 15) needy children and teens in group homes and shelters!

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October Events YIVO Event Oct. 18 Membership Committee Meeting Oct. 1 Sinfonietta of Riverdale Oct. 25 WJR Lunch in the Sukkah Oct. 3 Simchat Torah Celebration Oct. 5 Dates subject to change. Go to www.riverdaletemple.org for updates. WRJ Meeting with Speaker Oct. 6 Men’s Club Meeting Oct. 11

Visit our new and improved website at Copy for the next issue of the Bulletin is due by www.riverdaletemple.org. October 16. You can e-mail it directly to Join Us on Facebook! [email protected] (put “Bulletin” in Did you know that Riverdale Temple has a Facebook page? subject line). Find us by searching for “Riverdale Temple Bronx, NY” on Facebook and join this page by clicking on “like.” This is a space where we can exchange ideas, blog, discuss events, share photos, etc., and strengthen our bonds as a community. Join and make our numbers grow. To Send a Contribution to Riverdale Temple Riverdale Temple Telephone Emergencies 7 Send your donation to Riverdale Temple, 4545 Independence Extensions (718-548-3800) General Information 8 Avenue, Bronx, NY 10471. Please make your check payable Temple Office 0 or 1 Other 9 to Riverdale Temple. Give the name/category/event to Bookkeeper 2 which your donation applies. We now accept payment by Nursery School 3 credit card; call the office (718-548-3800, ext. 0) or go to Rabbi 4 www.riverdaletemple.org. You can support Riverdale Temple Cantor 5 by buying a mug for just $10.

Registry of Holocaust Survivors Riverdale Temple House Committee If you are a Holocaust survivor or the family member of a survivor, Our mission is to ensure that the building and grounds of our you can register to be included in the Benjamin and Vladka synagogue best respond to the spiritual, educational, cultural, Meed Registry of Holocaust Survivors, at the United States and social needs and activities of our congregation. We are Holocaust Memorial Museum in Washington, D.C. For more concerned about safety, cleanliness, comfort, and appearance information and to download the Survivors’ Registry Form, go to and maximizing the functionality of our facilities. The www.ushmm.org, click on Resources for Information about committee works closely with the maintenance staff to ensure Survivors, and follow the links. Send the completed form to that the facilities are well managed and meet the needs of Registry of Holocaust Survivors, United States Holocaust our community efficiently and economically. The committee Memorial Museum, 100 Raoul Wallenberg Place, SW, benefits from members with varied experience in facilities Washington, DC 20024-2126; tel: 202-488-6130; fax: 202-314- management, engineering, construction, and related fields. If 7820; e-mail: [email protected]. you wish to join the committee, please contact Helen Krim at [email protected].

If you need transportation to and/or from services at the temple, please call the office at 718-548-3800, ext. 0 or 1, to make arrangements.

The Bulletin: Vol. 69, No. 2, October 2015. The Bulletin is published monthly by Riverdale Temple, 4545 Independence Avenue, Bronx, NY 10471, 10 times a year, September through June. The Riverdale Temple logo on p. 1 was designed by Alix Brandwein. This publication is intended for members of Riverdale Temple. Any other use or publication in whole or in part without Riverdale Temple’s prior consent is prohibited.

5 Riverdale Temple Bulletin Nursery School News

It has been a wonderful beginning of the school There is a wonderful hum when you walk into the threes’ rooms of year here at Riverdale Temple Nursery School! children focused on their work. When you walk into the classrooms, you will Our UPK classes have begun their studies. UPK A children see children busy at their “work.” They are have been studying their classroom community. There is a lot of making friends, building in blocks, painting, wonderful painting going on there! UPK B is studying leaves and listening to stories, investigating new materials, the beginning of fall. If you look outside their classroom, you can experimenting, trying new things, thinking “out see the beautiful leaves that the children have painted. UPK C is of the box,” making mistakes, and doing the doing a unit on self. They have created wonderful self-portraits. work they need to do to someday make a difference in the world. We still have a few spaces in our UPK program. If you have friends I truly believe here at Riverdale Temple Nursery School we are who have four-year-olds and are looking for a space, please have supporting children to make the world a better place. them call me. The teachers here at Riverdale Temple Nursery School are We had our first Tot Shabbat with potluck dinner on September 18. amazing! They have been working tirelessly to make their It was wonderful. Rabbi Gardner and Cantor Sharett-Singer sang rooms beautiful, so that children and families feel welcome and and danced with the children. excited to be in school. The teachers are also working on building community. Many of us watched a TED talk by Shawn Achor, We have two more Tot Shabbats with potluck dinners this fall: “The Happy Secret to Better Work.” It is a short TED talk, and October 16 and November 20. We hope that you can join us! we recommend it to all. We have been reading articles and sharing In October, Luke, our wonderful music teacher, will be beginning on ideas about how to make our school even better. Wednesdays. Many of you met him at our Before School Year Picnic. We are working on monthly Community Service ideas. For Please know that my door is always open, if you have any October and November, we will partner with the temple on the suggestions about making our school even better. Books and Pajamas program for children in need. In November, we will also begin a food drive for families in our community, and In October the school will be closed on: in December and January we will have a coat and blanket drive. October 5, Monday—Shemini Atzeret We are open to other new ideas for community service. October 6, Tuesday—Simchat Torah The twos have been working on separating, making new friends, October 12, Monday—Columbus Day discovering the classroom, and celebrating Rosh Hashanah. It is wonderful to walk into the twos and hear them joyfully singing October 22, Thursday—UPK is closed for Professional and watch them busy at play. Development for Teachers. Twos and Threes will be in session. The threes are busy with apples and apple picking and celebrating Happy fall to everyone! the holidays. They are learning songs and prayers, making trees Much warmth always, for outside their classroom, and learning to be more independent. —Linda Herman, Director

Tot Shabbat Services Tot Shabbat services (which take place every first and third Friday of the month) are from 5:30 to 6:00 p.m. These special services are led by Rabbi Gardner and Cantor Sharett-Singer and include singing and guitar playing. They are family friendly and appropriate for all ages, especially children five years old and under. On October 16, November 20, April 15, May 20, and June 17, there will be a potluck dinner immediately following the Tot Shabbat service, and it will go as long as our kids are still awake (but probably not later than 7:30 p.m.)! We will make every possible accommodation for food allergies and kashrut observance (all dishes will be labeled), but if you have specific concerns for your family, please contact Michelle at [email protected]. To sign up, go to: http://www.signupgenius.com/go/9040c4ca8ad2da20-riverdale2

Religious and Hebrew School

We got off to a great start with Religious School! We had lots of We will also be doing Consecration for our newest students on people here between Rosh Hashanah and Yom Kippur for a family Simchat Torah, October 5, along with a special blessing for this learning day about T’shuvah. We welcomed kids and families to year’s bar and bat mitzvah students. We are looking forward to it, help decorate the sukkah on September 27. and we hope you are too!

6 Riverdale Temple Bulletin Women of Reform Judaism (Sisterhood) WRJ thanks all members who worked to enhance the High Holy Krim (wearer of many “hats” in addition to being chair of the Days experience for the Riverdale Temple family—organizing the House Committee) will give a talk highlighting the evolution of honey gift-giving fundraiser; serving apples and honey after the “sisterhoods” and their influence on the changing role of women Rosh Hashanah family service; and transitioning to Sukkot with in the home, the synagogue, in scholarship, and in American our festive “Lunch in the Sukkah.” society. Originally the National Federation of Temple Synagogues (changed to WRJ in 1993), WRJ continues its support of Jewish Our Friday night service continues to fulfill us spiritually as well institutions, education, equality, and social justice initiatives. as communally through the postservice onegs that provide a Please plan to join us for this fascinating talk. wonderful opportunity to talk with Rabbi Gardner, Cantor Sharett- Singer, and fellow congregants. Would you like to sponsor/host an We look forward to greeting you. oneg in recognition of an upcoming birthday, anniversary, yahrzeit, —Dorothy Feldman and Joanne Heyman-Greene, or other special occasion? The temple provides the wine, challah, WRJ Co-Presidents coffee, and tea; you bring your favorite dessert, baked goods, fruit, cheese/crackers, nuts, or other favorite snack. Please feel free to call Irene Brenner (oneg coordinator) at 718-548-6558 with any questions/clarifications and to reserve an upcoming Friday night. SAVE THE DATES Oct. 6—7:30–9:00 p.m.: WRJ meeting (Speaker Helen As members of Riverdale Temple, you are aware of the activities/ Krim) events organized by WRJ in support of Riverdale Temple. But you may not be aware of the rich history of “sisterhoods” that Oct. 27—7:30–9:00 p.m. Book Club: Dancing Arabs we proudly represent. On October 6, at our WRJ meeting, Helen by Sayed Kashua, an Israeli Arab

Men’s Club

official cantor, as it was the first year for Rabbi Gardner. So it was For What It’s Worth the first time I can remember when both the rabbi and the cantor Let me begin with a paraphrase, written in poetry form, of a song led the services together as first-timers at Riverdale Temple. To by Stephen Stills from the 1960s, “For What It’s Worth”: both the rabbi and the cantor I say, “Yasher Koach.” There’s something happening here The High Holy Days services at Riverdale Temple this year were What it is, is worthy of cheer exceptional for so many reasons that there isn’t enough space in this bulletin to mention them all. Our clergy worked many long There’s a man saying prayers over there hours in preparation for these days, and it truly showed. I do And a woman’s beautiful voice singing blessings fills the air wish to thank Arnold Ostlund Jr., our musical director, the choir Folks are gathering where they feel they belong members, President Rachel Radna, Rob Katz and his hand-picked core of ushers, the entire custodial crew led by Eurides Osorio, I think it’s time we stop, children, what’s that sound the security team, whose many courtesies extended to us added Everybody look what’s going down. to the quality of our experience, and all the other people whose For those of us who attended the High Holy Days services at efforts behind the scenes were tireless and meritorious. I also wish Riverdale Temple this year, it was certainly different from years to thank Stephen Stills for his inspiration by writing the song “For past. The temple was filled with people praying together and What It’s Worth.” celebrating the New Year and the solemnity of Yom Kippur. At one point, we had three different congregations all worshipping Attendance at our services was upliftingly high. Let us continue to in our building at the same time. What a historical moment for be heard in prayer at services in the temple and seen at community RT. Bringing people together has new meaning for us as we have service opportunities that abound. Let the spirit of renewal and become a “spiritual center” for the greater Jewish community in the desire for personal improvement lead us to become a more Riverdale. caring and concerned congregation, a congregation that actively participates in all phases of Riverdale Temple’s community life. Our own services this year featured greater participation from our members, particularly our younger ones. These talented future May we all reflect on the beauty, quality, and solemnity ofour leaders of RT enhanced the services with their beautiful voices and recent experience, and let it be a springboard for us toward greater their spirituality. personal participation in our temple, our community, and our Jewishness. Kein Yehi Ratzon. This year was also a “first” of sorts. Although Cantor Inbal Sharett- Singer had been our cantorial intern, this was her first year as our —Steve Rosenfeld, President

7 Riverdale Temple Bulletin Social Action

A BIG THANK YOU TO all who donated healthful canned coming cold months and who benefit from a new book to enjoy and boxed groceries during our Rosh Hashanah/Yom Kippur as their own. collection. Your kindness will bring comfort to many in need in KRMH Food & Hunger Project Grocery Collections: Please our community. continue to donate healthy groceries each month. Our delivery dates RIVERDALE TEMPLE’S NEW PAJAMA AND NEW BOOK to the KRMH Pantry are: October 25, November 22, December 20, COLLECTION: From October 15 to November 15, we shall January 24, March 13, April 17, May 22, and June 26. be collecting donations of NEW pajamas and NEW books for SOCIAL ACTION MEETING: Our next Social Action meeting needy children and teens for the Pajama Program. Needed are is on October 25. Everyone is welcome to come and share ideas. cozy pajamas for children and large teens (adult size). The Pajama Program started in Riverdale but has grown to serve the We shall be working on the Pajama Program, plans for the metropolitan area and across the country. There are a few ways Thanksgiving Interfaith Service, and the NYCares Coat Drive. you can donate: CLOTHING DRIVE FOR POTS (PART OF THE SOLUTION): •Purchase a pair of pajamas for a boy or girl during upcoming The Society for Ethical Culture is accepting good, clean clothing, sales, as you shop for your own children/grandchildren. shoes, belts, bags, and linens for Part of the Solution on Webster Avenue. The collection goes until the end of October. If you need a •Donate a NEW pair of pajamas or a NEW book that has never receipt, please itemize items with name and address and see Grace. been used. The Society is located at 4450 Fieldston Road; its telephone •Hold a birthday party or a get-together/meeting with friends/ number is 718-548-4445. Part of the Solution serves people who neighbors and ask for everyone to bring a NEW pair of children’s/ are homeless or very poor, in need of a hot meal, clothing, and teens’ pajamas or a NEW book. social services. Last year we had a wonderful response. Please be generous for —Frances Segan, Ph.D., Chair, Social Action Committee children and teens who are in need of warm pajamas for the

Simchat Torah!!! Come and celebrate this joyous holiday with us on Monday, October 5 Consecration and B’nei Mitzvah Blessings at 6:15 p.m., Service at 6:30 p.m. Let our Seven Hakafot take you to Seventh Heaven! This service is for both Adults and Children Candy Hakafah! Music! Dancing! Special Dessert!

The two other concerts of this season are on January 17, 2016, MOZART & SALIERI, which includes Rimsky-Korsakov’s one-act opera on the pair; and on April 10, 2016, JAZZ October 25, 2015, SOULFUL STRINGS MASTERS. Philip Glass, Company All concerts take place at 2:30 p.m. at the temple Wolfgang Rihm, Erscheinung Tickets are $35 ($25 for seniors and Riverdale Temple Anton Bruckner, Quintet in F Major (arr. for string orchestra) members, $15 for students).

8 Riverdale Temple Bulletin Adult Education

YIVO Culture Series—Join us on Sunday, October 18, at 2:00 as our rabbi requires that he have a little more time to complete the p.m. in the Sanctuary for an important panel discussion featuring planning of his teaching schedule. a conversation among three very knowledgeable speakers on an —Yvette Marrin, Ph.D., Chair, Adult Education Committee important subject. How DO we build a Jewish future in modern America? Admission is FREE. See box below. LEARN HEBREW WITH CANTOR INBAL SHARETT- The Chavurah will meet on Saturday, October 24, following SINGER. Classes will be tuition based and take place on Tuesday the communal kiddush. The Torah portion for that week is Lech- evenings at 7:30 p.m., starting in mid-December, after the cantor’s Lecha, a beautiful reading in which the Hebrew people first make maternity leave. You will be learning basic Hebrew and gain the their appearance. The Eternal One tells Abram to go (lech) for you ability to read the prayers at services. LET ME KNOW OF YOUR (l’cha), that is, go for your own sake, not because you are driven INTEREST at [email protected]. I will provide further details out, but because you are going to a new land and will become a as we complete working out the registration details. new nation. Join us for a lively discussion of this ancient, but so current, Torah portion. STUDY WITH RABBI GARDNER will be announced by mid- —Dr. Ronna Weber October. His very intense schedule with the start of his appointment

Membership Committee Meetings are scheduled for the first Thursday of the month (beginning in October) at 7:30 p.m. in the third floor Library. The dates are as follows: Oct. 1, Nov. 5, Dec. 3, Jan. 7, Feb. 4, Mar. 3, Apr. 7, May 5, June 2 NOTE: Riverdale Temple members who would like to join the Membership Committee are asked to attend the October 1st meeting.

9 Riverdale Temple Bulletin Contributions The following funds are represented in the entries below: Bible and Prayerbook Fund, Jean P. and Francis J. Bloustein Camp Scholarship Fund, Cantor’s Special Fund, Decorating Fund, Jacob-Fogel Program Fund, Rabbi Stephen D. Franklin Music Fund, General Fund, Leon and Beatrice Bereano Pulpit Flowers Fund, Rabbi’s Special Fund, Soviet Émigré Fund, Charles Tenenbaum Fund, Torah Repair Fund, Youth Activities Fund, Religious School and Nursery School Parents Associations.

Donor In Honor Donor In Memory Sean Becnel Rabbi Gardner, Alina, and Runia Marcia Federman Leo Herrup, beloved father Gardner Michael Gefter Munia and Rita Gefter, beloved Phillip L. Bereano Leon and Beatrice Bereano Pulpit mother and daughter-in-law Flower Fund Naomi Glauberman Melvin L. Glauberman, beloved Ephraim Bosgang Riverdale Temple and Rabbi husband Gardner, Shanah Tovah Craig Katz Isabele Funtleyder, beloved Riverdale Temple’s High Holy Days grandmother season Ida Krausz Alex Krausz, beloved husband Rabbi Stephen and Karen Rabbi Gardner, welcome, in honor of Joyce Liskin Charles Lasky, beloved father Franklin the birth of our granddaughter Lilah Whitley Franklin Rita Pochter Lowe Marion “Minnie” Weiss Pochter, beloved mother Sylvia Gottlieb Rachel Radna, for her kindness to Eric and Six13 Wendy J. Parker Rose and Max Halper, beloved grandparents Richard B. Griffel Riverdale Temple’s High Holy Days season Martin A. Prince Olga Prince, beloved mother Corinne Levy Riverdale Temple and Rabbi Marilyn and Emil Propper Meyer Cohen, beloved father of Gardner, Shanah Tovah Marilyn Propper Lauren and Michael Rabbi Gardner officiating at their Renee Renner Claire Lersy, beloved mother Margolis baby naming on September 19, 2015 Jill H. Shaifer Helen C. Barkin, beloved aunt Marilyn Martell Rabbi Gardner and his family on Deborah Simmons Richard Simmons, beloved brother- behalf of his former congregants in in-law Baton Rouge Renee Spath Constance Spath Osach, beloved Richard Meisler Riverdale Temple’s High Holy Days sister-in-law season Judy Tenenbaum Simon W. Giserman, beloved father Claude Rabinowitz Riverdale Temple’s Saturday extended kiddush Evelyn and Irving Weiler Eugene I. Weiler, beloved father of Irving Weiler Rhea and Mark Vogelhut Rabbi Gardner and Alina K. V. Gardner’s arrival Alma Weiler, beloved mother of Irving Weiler Donor In Memory Shirley Auerbach Harold Auerbach, beloved husband of Shirley Auerbach Andrea and Martin Margaret Elkus, beloved mother of Blattberg Andrea Blattberg Jeffrey Borak Dr. David Borak, beloved father of Jeffrey Borak Irene Brenner Julius Richman, beloved father Aleksandra Buckman Victor Buckman, beloved husband Harold W. Caplan Sadie and David Caplan, beloved parents Jean Daniels Isidore Licker, beloved father Phyllis and Jack Fisher Samuel Breindel, beloved father of Phyllis Fisher Kol Nidre donations will be listed in a future issue of the bulletin. Ruth F. Fried David Mark Fried, beloved husband

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Condolences

To On the loss of

Tiger and Rebecca Kandel Randy Frances Kandel, beloved mother, Riverdale Temple member

Linda Kaplin and Steve Kaplin Diane Stern, beloved mother and mother-in-law David and Heather Kaplin, Rebecca and Lilah loving grandmother, loving great-grandmother

The Departed Whom We Now Remember—October Yahrzeit Observances

2 Bridie Aguayo 8 Sarah Lowenthal 17 Sandra Abramoff 27 Celia Altman 2 Mollie Weiner 9 Michael H. Abrahamson 17 Sigmund Prince 27 Manasseh Brandt 2 Dr. Louis S. Werner 9 Alexander Alperovich 17 Morris T. Roth 27 Leo Evans 3 Lena Gleichman 9 Yetta Lester 18 Minnie Eva Harris 27 Irwin Goldstein 3 Klara Griffel 9 Louis Shapiro 18 Rosa Lessin 28 Sarah Jacobson 3 Samuel Levi 9 Pearl A. Weintraub 19 Isaac Kaplan 28 Lillian B. Kurtin 3 Leonard D. Pearlman 10 David Avrach 20 Sarah M. Fondiller 28 Sam Moskowitz 3 Harry L. Samalin 10 Morris Friedenberg 20 Rose Gordon 28 Joseph Rappaport 3 Bernhard David Saxe 10 Daisy Goldberg 20 Oscar Kalinowsky 28 Jeanne Snyder 3 Helen Sherit 10 Martin Sternstein 20 Ansa Schlesinger 28 Minnie Soicher 4 Dr. Jacob Altman 11 Myrna Faigman 20 Martin Stern 29 Shirley Matison 4 Harry Deutsch 11 Samuel Hellman 21 Annette Parker 30 Linda Sue Gray 4 Herman Deutsch 11 Frances Licker 22 Fanny Cohen 30 Linda Stein 4 Dr. Phil Liebling 11 Fannie H. Naftal 22 Samuel Fain 31 Judge Edward L. Block 5 Gerald Gellady 12 Albert Djivre 22 Leopold Goldstein 31 Heda Chazen-Cohen 6 Edyce Elliss 12 Joseph Feder 22 Harry Samalin 31 Leonid Krasnopolsky 6 Louis Halpern 12 Samuel Gilman 22 Dorothy Simmons 31 Hilda Levy 6 Henrietta Krauss 12 Isidor Kaminer 23 Edna Bender 31 Carole Unger 6 Augusta Levy 12 Max Rosenbaum 23 Gertrude Kleinman 6 Helen Martin 12 Andria T. Schweitzer 23 Victor Lieberman 6 Helen Moskowitz 13 Ruth Hochroth 23 Jennie Schoenberg 6 Leonard Y. Rosenberg 13 Albert Horn 24 Bertha Cohn 6 Jack Weiner 13 James (Jim) Pinsley 24 William Hutter 7 Robert C. Baker 15 Ida Bennett 24 Abe Shaifer 7 Erna Heisner 15 Rae Manheimer 25 George Braun 7 Henry N. Merson 15 Sholom Rozenfeld 25 Leslie Litt 8 Doris Adelman 16 Cybele Fisher-Koppel 26 Catherine (Kitty) Haines 8 Bessie Cohen 16 Adelaide Schulman 26 Eugene Levy 8 Lilly Lea Hirschl 16 Benjamin Sperling 26 Celia Maskit 8 Constance (Connie) Jacob 16 Isabel Virshup Werner 26 Clara White

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11 Riverdale Temple Bulletin Riverdale Temple 4545 Independence Avenue

Bronx, NY 10471

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Riverdale Temple 4545 Independence Avenue President of the Congregation Bronx, NY 10471 Dr. Rachel Radna affiliated with the Union for Reform Judaism, patron of the Hebrew Union College–Jewish Institute of Religion Organist/Director of Music Telephone: 718-548-3800 Fax: 718-543-1492 Arnold Ostlund Jr., B.Mus. E-mail: [email protected] Web Page Address: www.riverdaletemple.org Nursery School Executive Director Linda Herman Rabbi of the Congregation Thomas A. Gardner, B.A., M.A., M.A.H.L. Bulletin Editor Margaret Ross Griffel, Ph.D. Rabbis Emeriti of the Congregation Stephen D. Franklin, D.D., D.H.L. Bulletin Proofreaders Judith S. Lewis Shelley Ast, Susan Birnbaum, Sylvia Gottlieb, L. Michael Griffel, Olivia Koppell, Cantor of the Congregation Ruth Loebmann Inbal Sharett-Singer

1 Worship Schedule 5 Bulletin Board 8 Simchat Torah Celebration 1 The Rabbi’s Column 5 House Committee 9 Adult Education 2 Monthly Calendar 6 Nursery School News 9 YIVO Event 3 The President’s Column 6 Tot Shabbat Services 9 Membership Committee 4 Extended Kiddush 6 Religious/Hebrew School 10 Contributions 4 Library Volunteers Needed 7 Women of Reform Judaism 11 Condolences 4 An Opportunity to Share! 7 Men’s Club 11 Yahrzeit Observances Inside ThisIssue 4 Pajama and Book Drive 8 Social Action

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